Chris Manning is a partner at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Mr. Manning concentrates his practice in the areas of pharmaceutical/biotech, health care, corporate/securities law, and municipal finance, where he has extensive experience in merger and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities underwriting, and the financing of a wide array of public and private transactions. Mr. Manning represents companies in the United States and Europe in a wide-ranging practice that focuses on start‑ups, product line acquisitions, and general corporate law.  In addition to serving as the general outside counsel for the U.S. subsidiary of a major international pharmaceutical company, Mr. Manning has been involved in all phases of the start‑up, funding, expansion, and eventual sale of numerous U.S.- and European-based companies. Mr. Manning serves as the leader of Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella's municipal finance group and Co-chair of its Health Care practice.

Mr. Manning regularly speaks on the duties of officers and directors and corporate governance matters. He has previously served on the Illinois Secretary of State Corporate Law Advisory Committee.

• Represented the seller in a corporate inversion involving a U.S. pharmaceutical company combining with an Irish-based pharmaceutical company
• Represented the seller of U.S.-based pharmaceutical company to an international pharmaceutical company
• Represented buyers and sellers in dozens of drug-related, product line purchases and sales
• Served as outside general counsel to Irish based pharmaceutical company
• Represented U.S. based pharmaceutical company in setting up U.S. drug distribution program
• Represented sale of U.S. pharmaceutical company to U.S. subsidy of Swedish pharmaceutical company
• Served as lead counsel in drug company IPO
• Represented multiple insurance brokers in sale of their businesses
• Over thirty years of experience in negotiating commercial contracts for companies including supply agreements, distribution agreements, co-promotion agreements, license agreements, collaboration agreements, employment and consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, CMO agreements, intra-company agreements, etc.
• Represented large Midwest-based charitable foundation in an IRS-mandated divestiture of operating assets over a five year period
• Served as underwriters counsel in various bond offerings by municipal issues, including as underwriters counsel in more than $3,000,000,000 of bond offerings for the O’Hare Airport Modernization Program
• Extensive securities law experience including IPOs, public reporting compliance, and proxy contests
• Negotiated and structured debt arrangements for emerging and expanding companies
• Structured venture capital investments in start‑up companies

• AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale Hubbell since 1994
• Illinois Super Lawyer 2005–2014
• Member of the Illinois Secretary of State’s Corporate Law Advisory Committee that developed the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act

• Member of local church finance committee
• Illinois Secretary of State Business Corporation Acts Advisory Committee, 1989-1997
• The Lawyers Club

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